Heinrich Hammond founds Hammond Robotics. Heinrich Hammond founds Hammond Engineering. Heinrich Hammond survives exposure to a powerful unknown element inside it. In fact most stores tell IGN India that sales of Apex Coins – it’s in-game currency, is one of their top three revenue earners in terms of digital purchases after Call of Duty Warzone Points and FIFA Ultimate Team Points.Sheffield's asteroid impacts Saint Louis, Missouri. That said, Apex Legends has seen resounding success at retail in India. 5,200,000) in the region, once again with the support of AMD and other partners,” he says.
“What started off as a first of its kind event with the AMD Valorant Cup back in 2020 is now our flagship IP with the largest PC esports prize pool (Rs. He points to The Esports Club’s ongoing Valorant tournaments as one of the bets in the space that paid off what with the company being the first to support Riot’s now popular shooter. “What brands and tournament organisers don't realise is that the situation won't change unless sustainable and scalable investments are made.” Building an Audience “Sadly, barely anyone has hosted high profile events for Apex Legends in the region out of fear of low participation and viewership,” he says.
While Arya admits that the response to this Apex Invitational was heartening what with over 3.5 million watch minutes, 9 million impressions, and 2.1 million views, he believes there is more to be done. Speaking of the community what is the Indian community around Apex Legends like? Are there plans to host more such events - perhaps with personalities rather than the brand-led approach for this one? “The reason it goes under the radar is because most high-profile streamers don't stream Apex Legends regularly or at all, but overall South Asia, not just India has a sizeable Apex Legends community.”
“Apex Legends is more popular than most people think,” he says.
“We prefer to err on the side of caution and employ enough admins and support members for events to ensure high profile events are now slowed down by issues and loopholes that are easily preventable.”Ĭonsidering how popular Free Fire is and the resources most organisers tend to put towards events for that game, we had to ask how The Esports Club perceives Apex Legends’ popularity in the region for it to invest as much effort as it did. “We had one admin assigned to each team for ease of communication and of tracking of stats and results along with another set of people working on updating scoresheets, making sure the APIs were working and displaying what they needed to and so on,” he explains. As for the workforce needed to pull it off, The Esports Club ended up running it like how most Free Fire events are run in terms of lobbies and players joining. The custom match hosting, despite being quite different from other battle royale games was actually one of the easiest in terms of managing a large group of players and running a custom event.”Īrya tells us that EA’s “thorough documentation” went a long way in preventing further issues as well. “Apex Legends with how the mountainous terrain works, how third person spectator camera works gave us a few challenges in terms how best to apply our broadcast capabilities and expectations to the game, but the result was great. “Every battle royale has its own unique elements and camera capabilities that makes for a very different playing and viewing experience,” he says. Challenges of Running an Apex Legends Tournament